AUSTIN — Texas guard Javan Felix will miss Wednesday’s game against Oklahoma State due to a concussion, Longhorns coach Rick Barnes announced Tuesday. Felix, who averages 10.4 points and 2.1 assists per game, crumpled to the floor when he ran into a rugged screen by Baylor’s Taurean Prince in Waco last Saturday. After spending a […]
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Olympic medalists Jonathan Horton, Danell Leyva and Oksana Chusovitina and Olympic team members John Orozco and Jake Dalton will be among competitors at the Jewish Community Center of Houston’s Houston National Invitational gymnastics meet Friday and Saturday at NRG Arena. Horton, a two-time 2008 Olympic medalist and two-time national all-around champion from Houston, and Leyva, […]
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The University of Houston set a school record with one turnover in Sunday’s 70–68 win over defending national champion UConn. Coach Kelvin Sampson won’t soon forget the culprit of the one turnover. Sophomore forward Danrad “Chicken” Knowles committed the Cougars’ only turnover with 9:37 remaining in the game. It was the lowest single-game total in […]
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For the first time since 2010, the Rice Owls will play six home games. The 2015 football schedule released Monday features non-conference games against Wagner (Sept. 5) in the season opener and Army (Oct. 24), along with Conference USA games with Western Kentucky (Oct. 3), Louisiana Tech (Oct. 31), Southern Miss (Nov. 14) and Charlotte […]
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AUSTIN — Charlie Strong’s breakthrough recruiting class finally added the one ingredient it had been missing — a quarterback. Kai Locksley, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound Baltimore athlete rated by national recruiting services as a four-star prospect, announced Monday on Twitter that he has switched his commitment from Florida State to Texas. The Longhorns had been recruiting […]
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The 2015 high school football season is six months away, but at least 13 area school will start those August workouts with a new head coach leading the way. Coaching moves have slowed down after a busy December and January – the time frame when coaches retire or school districts move in other directions. The […]
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Houston Dynamo midfielders Boniek García and Luis Garrido will join the Honduras national team for its upcoming friendly match against Venezuela. García, 30, has 99 career appearances for Honduras, including three appearances at last year’s FIFA World Cup. The Tegucigalpa native, entering his fourth season with the Dynamo, has 12 goals and 14 assists in […]
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Two days before national signing day, Fort Bend Bush offensive tackle Josh Jones flipped his verbal commitment from Oklahoma State to the University of Houston on Monday. Jones, who is 6-6 and 271 pounds, is rated as a three-star prospect by ESPN.com. He previously had several offers from Power Five programs, among them Nebraska, TCU, […]
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